Recipes

[sunshine45]

hi everyone

does anyone have a good recipe for some kicked up baked beans using canned beans? i have several cans of bush baked beans and i was wondering what i could do to them to make them better instead of just opening the can.

[fthunt]

You should get a lot of ideas from the good cooks on here.    I can point you in one direction; but you'd have to Google for exact fix-ins.

At a picnic once a lady brought the best dish ever...in a crockpot she had  made it  with every known bean under the sun.    It was on the sweet side - perhaps brown sugar - maple syrup - molasses.

The bowl was empty so fast..........everybody wanted seconds

[alicedee]

I drain some of the liquid from a couple cans of baked beans.  Add about a half cup of Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce.  Cut a few slices of bacon (uncooked) in half, and lay on top.  Sometimes I add chopped onion if have it on hand.

Bake around 300 degrees for at least a couple hours til they thicken.  Yum!

(I found it helped them thicken to drain a bit of the liquid first.)

[RedTop]

Add sautéed onion and chopped jalapeños with cooked bacon, garlic and brown sugar to your taste.  The BBQ sauce suggestion works well too.   

[drizzellla]

I always added ketchup, brown sugar and mustard to canned baked beans. And I would cook it with pork chops. After cooking for awhile it "aged" the baked beans and they were in a nice thick sauce.

[walker]

This is a meal in one dish.  I do not know how name originated.  I've had recipe for years.

California Beans 

2 cans (28 oz...or equivalent small cans) baked beans

1 lb. bacon

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef

1 cup light brown sugar

1 cup BBQ sauce

1 envelope dry onion soup

Brown and drain ground beef.  Cook and crumble bacon.  Mix all ingredients together well.  Put in baking dish.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Another....

Baked Beans

2 (20 oz or equivalent small) cans baked beans

1 small can crushed pineapple

1/4 cup chili sace

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 lb. bacon, diced

Saute' onions and bacon until tender; drain fat.  Combine all ingredients and put in 9x13" baking dish or large casserole dish.  Bake at 300 for 2 hours (uncover 1st hour; cover 2nd hour.  

[ProudMa]

My moter inlaws recpie

Bush original beans

very crisp cooked bacon

jar of heintz chili sauce

frenches mustard

ketchup

franks hot sauce

brown sugar

Didnt give proportions...use your judgement depening on amount and your taste

Bake in oven covered 45 minutes on 375...remove foil, bake on 325 till bubbly and edges are starting to carmalize

never failed to please...

huby likes them next day cold on a leftover hot dog roll...they are that good..

[novamc1]

@sunshine45 

I always embellish Bush's baked beans with either fresh or frozen chopped onion and green pepper, plus a little yellow mustard and ketchup.  

Other additions might be sliced frankfurters, some type of smoked sausage such as Kielbasa,  or diced ham, which can almost make it a full meal in one pot.

No longer have a slow cooker, but I have always preferred to really "bake" the baked beans in a slow oven in an enameled cast iron pot.  Stovetop cooking of bean dishes like this doesn't appeal to me.

[nomar]

I always cook my onions and peppers in ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and any seasoning you want like a little BBQ sauce, etc. first before adding to the canned beans. A hint I read about a long time ago is to add a smidgen of instant coffee to the liquid to dissolve. It adds so much flavor to the beans for some reason.

[depglass]

Something has happened to my taste buds and I no longer care for Bush's baked beans, or anyone's baked beans, for that matter.  They just come across as too sweet.  So I've subbed pinto beans, red beans, black beans , or whatever for recipes.  Isn't there a 15 bean mix in the dried bean section?